Acetylsalicylic acid commonly known as Aspirin is used to treat fever, inflammation, and acts as a blood thinning agent. A group of STEM students experimented on the synthesis of this compound using...

What is the theoretical yield of Aspirin in the synthesis experiment?

Extracted text: Acetylsalicylic acid commonly known as Aspirin is used to treat fever, inflammation, and acts as a blood thinning agent. A group of STEM students experimented on the synthesis of this compound using recrystallization technique. The following are the initial materials for the experiment: 5.00 g of pure salicylic acid, 7.14 g of acetic anhydride and 8 drops concentrated sulfuric acid as catalyst. After successful synthesis, the group was able to collect 5.25 grams of Aspirin. (Atomic weights: C= 12 amu; H = 1 amu; O= 16 amu; density acetic anhydride = 1.08 g/mL) Chemical reaction involved: II C-CH3 -CH3 c-CH3 CH3-C-OH c-OH c-OH Salicylic acid (C7H603) Acetic anhydride (C 4H603) Acetylsalicylic acid (C 9H3O4) Acetic Acid (C 2 H402) What is the theoretical yield of Aspirin in the synthesis experiment? O 2.17 g O 6.52 g O 12.6 g O 13.34 g O None of the above